Maxi blitz throughout Italy of the carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Genoa who, delegated by the Naples Public Prosecutor's Office, are carrying out a precautionary custody order throughout Italy against over 50 suspects.
The investigators contest, for various reasons, the crimes of conspiracy to commit fraud, check forgery, money laundering.
There are 70 scams ascertained so far.
At the same time, a seizure of assets from companies is also underway for approximately 3 million euros.
The last band of scammers vanquished by the carabinieri operated only in Naples and was involved in the import from Eastern Europe of industrial oil with tanks accompanied by false transport notes.
The oil stored in a depot located in the Salerno area was mixed with diesel to lengthen the quantity and increase the revenues deriving from retail distribution at nine distribution plants located in the provinces of Naples and Salerno, controlled by the criminal organization.
The proceeds were progressively reused in the establishment of paper companies operating in the specific sector, in which capital also flowed the numerous real estate and movable assets acquired over time by the association to launder money.
The investigations started with the purchase and sale of a large-displacement car.
Some of the suspects were discovered by the military of the operational department of Genoa, coordinated by commander Michele Lastella, pretending to be buyers, they had the seller send them via WhatsApp, the images of the registration document of the car to be sold which they immediately duplicated.
Using the photos of the car, they too published a sales announcement on the web and, once they found the right buyer who really wanted to buy, they forced him - telling him that they were very interested - to send a photo of the cashier's check in their name. showing the agreed down payment.
At this point the game was practically done: the check was replicated and presented for collection.
There are 59 suspects, of which 46 reached by precautionary custody order and 13 under house arrest, in the operation coordinated by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Naples and carried out by the Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Genoa, supported by the military of Naples, Salerno, Varese, Venice , Rome, Frosinone, Latina, Milan, Brescia, Lodi, Novara, Avellino, Pordenone which have dismantled three criminal associations specialized in the commission of scams operating on most of the national territory.
Among the main offenses there are forgery of credit documents and possession of false identification documents, replacement of a person, interception and illegal impediment of telephone communications, irregularities in the reception and storage aimed at subtracting the assessment or paying the